Seán Hemingway
Seán Hemingway is Curator, Greek and Roman Department, The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Hemingway, Seán
Hemingway, Seán
United States of America
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Description: Ancient Bronzes through a Modern Lens: Introductory Essays on the Study of Ancient...
The use of bronze has long been considered a defining characteristic of the earliest civilizations. In coming to terms with human origins, the ancient Greeks, as recorded in Hesiod’s poem Works and Days (lines 105-201), devised a chronology of the five ages of mankind: a Golden Age, a Silver Age, a Bronze Age...
PublisherHarvard Art Museums
Related print edition pages: pp.21-37
https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00015.005